Alice in Chains was better than Nirvana could have ever managed to become, amirite?

Among Nirvana, AiC, Soundgarden, and Pearl Jam, there's plenty of evidence that each is the best. What a time to be young the early-mid 90s was

by Rude_Vegetable 1 week ago

94 was a great year for music

by ZealousidealYak7726 1 week ago

You mean the year Kurt blew his brains out?

by ssanford 1 week ago

I remember hearing Yellow Leadbetter for the first time on the radio and immediately going and buying the album that night. They overplay everything now by the time I want to buy any music it's been played to death.

by royaltorphy 1 week ago

It was rad af

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Pearl Jam???? I don't know about that one

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Agreed. Soundgarden is actually my favorite though. If you like Alice in Chains you should give Mad Season a listen, same singer.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

YES YES YES THAT BAND IS 🔥

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I actually agree with this 100%.

by AppearanceSpare6856 1 week ago

I agree. Layne, jerry, The harmonies.

by Wonderful-Salt 1 week ago

That's actually really interesting! I'm from the Seattle area and the circles that would be listening to this kind of music would heavily skew toward AiC over Nirvana, but it makes total sense that Nirvana would be the national favorite but from my vantage point AiC is usually the most liked

by dagmar72 1 week ago

Nirvana > aic all day everyday

by ssanford 1 week ago

Pfffttt bahahahahahha ok this is actually hilarious.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I'll give it a listen later

by Anonymous 1 week ago

This is sadly true. Nirvana is one of those bands. That's amazing when you don't have it. But not so amazing when you actually are listening to it. But it's also Nirvana was less than the sum of its parts. It's like the polar opposite of The Beatles which were greater than the sum of their parts.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Nirvana touched a cultural nerve that none of the others could. They weren't talentless but their fame was definitely more than just the music. Almost all the other big grunge bands were more talented than Nirvana. But none of them would be famous if Kurt Cobain didn't make grunge cool.

by Confident_System_555 1 week ago

This is completely it. We can debate musicianship and songwriting til the cows come home, but nobody could match Kurt as a rock star for the moment.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

"and random heavy parts in songs that are mostly soft that don't make any Sense like Lithium and Heart Shaped Box." This dynamic is a simple songwriting device that absolutely makes sense.

by candacegreen 1 week ago

AiC actually also has a bunch of this as well. Softer pullbacks before a heavy racket, mid-song changes to a slower tempo, etc. Basic compositional technique to make the song more dynamic.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

It's like comparing King Crimson to Genesis.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Nirvana has a good consistency almost every song on their albums is at least decent albeit similar sounding and you can tell the band has a lot of talent because their unplugged acoustic tracks are in my opinion better than the studio version I like Alice In Chains because they simply rock hard. Overall I prefer Alice In Chains but I think this largely due to the fact Nirvana is way overplayed on the radio and at this point I can't really stand to listen to "in bloom" a single more time

by Luluparisian 1 week ago

They're important because they're arguably the beginning of grunge. According to Chuck Klosterman, Smells Like Teen Spirit marks the beginning of the 90s. The band is important, not necessarily the best.

by PianoLarge9880 1 week ago

OK but where does Mother Love Bone fit in the ranking of grunge bands with dead lead singers?

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Easy to say such when Kurt Cobain has been dead for 30 years and there's no way to know how good or bad Nirvana could have been.

by Abbeycummerata 1 week ago

No doubt whatsoever. Nirvana was more catchy and hence more popular which is why this is correct. But AIC was musically more original and timelessly talented. RIP LS.

by roycepowlowski 1 week ago

Alice in Chains is one of the worst, cringiest bands of all time. Absolutely generic butt rock.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I was 21 when Kurt eliminated his own map. They were huge from their Nevermind hits, but by 94, we were getting way better follow ups than In Utero. Like Dirt. I just think Nirvana would have dissolved anyway, and much of the mystique is because of his untimely demise.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

You are intellectualizing a very visceral genre of music. In terms of pure feeling, Nirvana was on a different level. Musicianship, song structures, and complexity never mattered to them, and don't matter to their billions of listeners.

by gcrooks 1 week ago

I love Alice In Chains. Nirvana has a culty following plus everyone buys those stupid shirts. AiC has way more hits.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Do you know what culty means? Nirvana is extremely popular, that's why everyone buys the shirts

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Most of the people wearing those shirts have never heard Nirvana lmao

by Anonymous 1 week ago

AiC doesn't have Smells Like Teen Spirit in the slightest.

by DueNote 1 week ago

Would.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Nowhere near the popularity of Smells like, Lithium, Come As You Are, etc. Just because you like a band better doesn't mean they're also more popular. Even in today's musical landscape, Nirvana is way more known then Alice In Chains. I could ask my mother to give me a Nirvana song, she's never heard of Alice In Chains.

by DueNote 1 week ago

How do you measure popularity of each song?

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Smells Like Teen Spirit official video on YouTube sitting at 1.8 BILLION views. Would? official video on YouTube is at 155 Million. Which is still an insane number, but it's clear that Nirvana us on another scale.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Critical acclaim. Just read up on Wikipedia or something what f.e. Smells Like Teen Spirit did and in no way does it measure up to Would. It literally reshaped MTV and became an anthem for a generation. I like Alice In Chains but their songs are just not as popular. Every guitarist I know or every kid I ever taught wanted to play Nirvana, every cover band I see to this usually plays a Nirvana song, even on streaming services they have way more listeners, etc.

by DueNote 1 week ago

While Would is the song I like more, I think Man in a Box saw more mainstream recognition.

by Budstamm 1 week ago

Indisputable fact. AiC is better than nirvana on every level. At least in my opinion.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Stone Temple Pilots is even way better. Never understood the Nirvana hype - like at all.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Yikes. STP is awful.

by DiscountCurrent8921 1 week ago

This is fact. Not unpopular.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

IMO if you compare Nirvana's singles to Alice In Chains singles: Alice In Chains wins. If you compare Nirvanas deep cuts to Alice In Chains deep cuts: Nirvana wins.

by Sterry 1 week ago

Nirvana is one of the bands of my life, but Alice in Chains is superior

by InitialPretend 1 week ago

That was one of the most boring songs I've heard in a while. What exactly was I supposed to like about it??

by Anonymous 1 week ago

To each their own I guess…

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Grunge sucks

by Anonymous 1 week ago